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TweetJoin Me Today as I Answer Your eMails Today on the Survival Podcast I take your emails on pattern recognition, zones, tool maintenance, tools, air compressors, irrigation, saving money, corporate structures and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program though so keep em coming. Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Emails On Parenting classes teach the statist approach, well duh Have bad lending practices restarted, may be, may be not, and yes they have Thoughts on tool maintenance and linseed oil and good old WD40 What air compressor I carry in my truck and why Thoughts on city water for your garden, don’t sweat it Millennials are saving and this is bad because? Is it better to have multiple companies or just one, it depends The EPA just dumped 3 million gallons of toxins into a river by accident Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1621 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward Fortress Defense Consultants – (sponsor of the day) The Berkey Guy – (sponsor of the day) The Jones Plantation – By Larken Rose VIAIR Compressor I Keep in my Truck Millennials are saving — but they’re doing it wrong CNN Article on the EPA Spill Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council you can address your calls to. If you do this you should email me right after your call at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with expert council call in the subject line. In the body of your email tell me that you just called in a question for the council and what number you called in from. I will then give the call priority when I screen calls. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetGet Answers Today From The Expert Council Today is Friday so it is time for our ask expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third provide any and all details after that. This is the formula to give you the best chance of getting on the air. I do what I can to get as many of your questions as possible on the air but can’t always get to all of them. Our council is made of a wide variety of experts in everything from the tactical to the practical and everything in between. To get more information on our Expert Council visit our “Meet the Expert Council Page” to learn more about them and their specific areas of expertise. Join Me Today As Our Experts Discuss Jack on something in the rep. debates most didn’t notice – Trump admires Walker Ben Falk on skill development for self sufficient living Erica Strauss on organ meats Bryan Black on the Thermal View app for smart phones Gary Collins on Type 2 Diabetes Nick Ferguson on a DIY goat milking machine Darby Simpson on getting your pigs onto a trailer without killing yourself Steven Harris on what methane biogas can and can’t do for you Michael Jordan on taking your mead to the commercial market Geoff Lawton again on home design now for hot humid climates John Pugliano on investing in  your business Paul Wheaton on an update from Wheaton Labs Tim Glance on radio comms that are hard to intercept with no license required Chef Keith Snow on making fish and seafood soups Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1620 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com Sawtooth Tactical – (sponsor of the day) Ready Made Resources – (sponsor of the day) Websites of the Expert Council Members ITS Tactical Harvest Eating Old Grouch Military Surplus Steven1234.com Permaculture Classroom A Bee Friendly Company Investable Wealth NW Edible Permies.com Primal Power GeoffLawton.com DarbySimpson.com Whole Systems Design Additional Links Provided by the Council PermaEthos Plant Propagation Course See the Invisible with a FLIR ONE Thermal Camera Primal Power Total Men’s Health Package Gary’s Fasting Article DIY Milker Commented on by Nick Ferguson Biogas digester – Introduction – The Little Green Monster – Wally Weber BIOTECH INDIA domestic portable Biogas plant Paul Wheaton’s Poo Podcast – Yea Really DTR-410 Radio 6 Pack Squid Brand Fish Sauce Red Boat Fish Sauce Catfish Tom Yum – Luke Nguyen Fish Soup Recipe I Mentioned – YEP I FOUND IT! Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your calls to 866-65-THINK Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on botanical drugs, pasture management, cooking, road construction, gray water, ducks, cats and strategic relocation. In this episode the expert council is in force. We have eight council members. We are continuing with our new program I have started and a new way questions will be handled for the council. Tune in today to learn more about that. Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details. Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. While I can’t put all calls on the air but I do my best to get as many of them on as I can. Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss… Thoughts on the botanical drug kratom Thoughts on over seeding and limits to what will grow in some climates Thoughts on portable grills Thoughts on road construction and governments legitimate role Using gray water to water fruit trees Feeding ducks and packaging eggs for sale Thoughts on “barn cats” Thoughts on walking to freedom Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1619 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com Safecastle Royal – (sponsor of the day) Bulk Ammo – (sponsor of the day) Additional Links Info on Kratom Scientific American Article on Kratom Fox News Article on Kratom Volcano 3 Grill Aussie Walk About Grill Lodge Cast Iron Hibachi Grill Jamaican Coal Pot Video of Me Cooking with a Coal Pot Scout Stove from Steven Harris Gray Water Watering Gray Water Harvesting Detergents Josh Thompson – Way Out Here – Closing Song for Today’s Show Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetCheck Out Joe Mooney’s Awesome Youtube Channel “HomesteadEconomics” Joe Mooney is a passionate advocate for becoming more self-reliant and learning through DIY self-education. While a firefighter by trade, he is a DIY project junkie and amateur homesteader by passion. Growing up in both rural and urban areas around the US, Joe now calls his rural ‘homestead’ in the Arizona desert home. He and his family live off of 90% rainwater, collected from their roof and are always looking for new ways to become more self-reliant and live a more satisfying and healthy life. Joe maintains a YouTube channel called “Homesteadonomics” that chronicles many of his DIY projects and homesteading activities. He considers his channel a means to teach others how he does projects on his homestead as well as increasing his own self-education in the process. Subjects are wide ranging and include rainwater harvesting, desert gardening, chicken and beekeeping, alternative income sources, DIY home repair, leather/kydex work, various pallet projects and a rather large combination of other odd how to projects. In true homesteading fashion, Joe’s projects and homesteading activities also serve to provide additional income as well as hone future skill sets in various disciplines. In addition to making videos, Joe has written articles for backwoods home and sometimes moonlights as a craftsman of odd projects that he sells on craigslist.com Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1618 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward Knife Kits – (sponsor of the day) Backwoods Home – (sponsor of the day) The Duck Chronicles – Video Series Homesteadonomics – Joe’s Youtube Channel Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council you can address your calls to. If you do this you should email me right after your call at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with expert council call in the subject line. In the body of your email tell me that you just called in a question for the council and what number you called in from. I will then give the call priority when I screen calls. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetJack at 13 With His First Bow Killed Deer So it has been 21 episodes since part two of this series but I figured this would be a good time to pick it back up. In Episode-1445- Bow Hunting Deer Part One ~ The Kit we discussed all the gear I carry when hunting deer, specifically on non guided hunts when you are completely on your own.  In Episode-1596- Bow Hunting Deer Part Two ~ Scouting and Setting Up we covered scouting in all 4 seasons, stand set up and everything right up until “the shot”. Today we discuss what happens next.  That arrow flew true, the deer is stuck mortally but your job is far from over.  As is more common then not the deer is down but you could not see it fall, now you must track it, find it, field dress it, drag it out, get it home and skin and quarter it. How does one get all this done, why not just take it to a butcher?  Well even then you need to field dress it and for some people a butcher may be the way to go.  Still I see it this way, everyone should process a deer or two at least once and know how to do it and complete your training by teaching someone else.  You are 10 times more likely to remember what you have done vs. just heard or read but you are 10 times more beyond that more likely to retain what you teach. When it comes to hard skills those that can do best are those that teach. Join Me Today To Discuss… Where we left off in episode 1596, what happened next The most important things to do after the shot Watch the deer find land marks for The shot The stumbles The last place you see it if you are lucky where it falls Next give it some time Get down go first to where you made the shot look for Blood Hair The arrow Try to pick up a trail Find and mark any stumbles and the last place you had visual Use your TP to mark where you find blood, hair, to verify blood, etc At night a blue light helps blood show up better When you find the deer, approach from the rear, touch first the hind end, then the eye Field Dressing In most states tag your deer now If possible put the butt down hill Lay on back If you don’t have the broad head, assume it is inside the deer Cut around colon, then open belly, cut through diaphragm, cut wind pipe, pull out Remove heart and liver (other organs if you wish) Put organs in zip lock bags, place back inside deer Remove hawk glands – don’t cut tendons! The Drag GPS is your friend don’t be afraid to use it Take the shortest route to where you can get your vehicle to the deer I use a 5 foot piece of simple soft nylon rope and a stick to drag A come along can save your ass in some situations Hanging and skinning In cold weather or a cooler you can hang skinned or not I prefer to skin asap – still warm otherwise actually cold Let deer hang whole if possible to cool if not possible part out on bone and put parts in a cooler (keep dry) Meat cuts much nicer when cold The basics of skinning and parting out Skin from the back legs down, then cut off head with saw Use saw to remove front feet Remove front legs Remove “flank steaks” Debone loins from butt roast to neck Remove tender loins Saw off “spare ribs” Saw off “neck roast” or debone hanging Saw off back bone above rump Take down hind quarters, dis joint hip bones off rump Cut off lower feet from hams and cut off “shanks” Debone as you wish at this point Uses and care of heart and liver Cuts of meat and what I do with them Shanks – for stew I leave the bone in them or debone for burger Flanks/ribs – remove trimmings grind Lower shoulder – leave bone in for roast or debone and grind Upper shoulder -debone trim and grind Loins – cut into 10 inch sections roughly Rump Roast – leave bone in for roast or debone and grind Back Legs – Debone and cut into roasts or steaks, grind lower portion Bones, roast and make stock Tallow – render it is worth the effort Rules for[...]

TweetJoin Me Today as I Answer Your eMails Today on the Survival Podcast I take your emails on soupa de mierda de leon, electric pressure canning, silver, permaculture in education, insider LEOs stories, the welfare state, tobacco, livestock and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program though so keep em coming. Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Emails On Steven Harris chimes in on electric canners and pressure cookers What is Cecil the lion didn’t have a name, a lesson in bullshit soup as a daily special  What is the deal with silver spot vs. the price of regular and graded silver eagles How to teach permaculture thinking to our students in public schools A single mom on assistance discusses how hard it is to get off assistance A LEO tells us one of the lesser known truths about how LEOs lie How dangerous is tobacco and is all tobacco the same Using wood chips and concerns about herbicides, why we should all relax Thoughts on guinea fowl and chicken flock integration with them Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1616 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward Safecastle Royal – (sponsor of the day) Bulk Ammo – (sponsor of the day) Find Firewood Crops at this Link, All Titles are in Alphabetical Order Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council you can address your calls to. If you do this you should email me right after your call at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with expert council call in the subject line. In the body of your email tell me that you just called in a question for the council and what number you called in from. I will then give the call priority when I screen calls. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetGet Answers Today From The Expert Council Today is Friday so it is time for our ask expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third provide any and all details after that. This is the formula to give you the best chance of getting on the air. I do what I can to get as many of your questions as possible on the air but can’t always get to all of them. Our council is made of a wide variety of experts in everything from the tactical to the practical and everything in between. To get more information on our Expert Council visit our “Meet the Expert Council Page” to learn more about them and their specific areas of expertise. Join Me Today As Our Experts Discuss Jack on the electric canner recently mentioned on air and safety concerns Jack on a new item from Steven Harris (the scout stove) Michael Jordan on a hive off to a slow start Darby Simpson on setting pricing for your farm products Nick Ferguson on dealing with bind weed Gary Collins on how paleo and primal diets lower cholesterol Steven Harris on travel preps John Pugliano on how a dollar EFF works and makes a profit Geoff Lawton on design of a home in cool to hot temperate climates Keith Snow on cooking deer meat Erica Strauss on the ins and outs of home grown garlic Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1615 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com Knife Kits – (sponsor of the day) Backwoods Home – (sponsor of the day) Websites of the Expert Council Members ITS Tactical Harvest Eating Old Grouch Military Surplus Steven1234.com Permaculture Classroom A Bee Friendly Company Investable Wealth NW Edible Permies.com Primal Power GeoffLawton.com DarbySimpson.com Whole Systems Design Additional Links Provided by the Council PermaEthos Livestock Management Course with Darby Simpson Gold vs. China’s GDP – Provided by John Pugliano Article on Gut Bacteria Gary Commented On Fermented Pickles – From Erica Strauss Low Temp Pasteurization – From Erica Strauss Mildly famous DIY reCAP Fermentation Mason Jar Thingie – From Erica Strauss Permaethos Plant Propagation Course Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetImagine this in 25 Cities at One Time! You have seen it on TV, riots in Greece and Spain over austerity.  Then right here in cities like Ferguson and Baltimore and frankly many others.  People in the streets looting, vandalizing, harming others, setting fires and worse. Sadly I don’t think we are done yet.  I think we will see massive riots and I do think they will be racially motivated at least at first.  I realize that is something you are not supposed to say, but it is what I see coming. I think the first few riots are just the beginning.  I feel the people in power know what is coming and see it as inevitable.   I might not go as far as to say they want it to happen, but I do believe they are already planning on how to use it for their own gains when it happens. Join Me Today to Discuss… What causes riots Shortages Feeling hopeless In short anger The 10% scumbag theory and the next 10 follow theory How riots begin, how they grow, it is like a fire in reality The racial fuel to riots in the US Remember the 10% Legitimate abuses of minority communities The mantra of “you are a victim” Frankly in our nation, you have to blame someone What would national riots look like Supply lines choked or closed Over 30 million people live in the top 20 US cities Over 170 million people live in the top 10 US states This includes major ports of call like LA, Seattle, Jacksonville and San Diego Spill over would effect the larger urban areas Martial law would be declared, the local and state PD can’t handle it Even if you are relatively “safe” you will be effected The larger danger Random attacks Reduced LEO active in so called safe areas Prosecution for self defense will happen Reprisal by those being attacked will happen The real losses will come in the after math No good crisis goes to waste Gun and weapons regulations Restrictions on the right to protest A war on so called “hate speech” and symbols Enlargement of the police state The mantra of “domestic terrorism” The blame game Divide and conquer, as though we need more division to be conquered Is it inevitable, may be, but may be not What you need to do for your own protection Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1614 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward Harvest Eating – (sponsor of the day) Western Botanicals – (sponsor of the day) Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council you can address your calls to. If you do this you should email me right after your call at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with expert council call in the subject line. In the body of your email tell me that you just called in a question for the council and what number you called in from. I will then give the call priority when I screen calls. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetBiltong – The South African Way to Store Meat Long Term Food storage is at the fundamental core of the survivalist/prepper movement and with good reason.  Your body is a machine that runs on a fuel we call food.  Run out of nutritional food and you experience things like hunger, lack of energy, illness and eventually death. The reality though is food storage isn’t just for preppers, it should be for everyone.  One thing I noticed when house shopping in Pennsylvania back in 2001 was pantry size.  We looked at new homes and they had tiny pantries.  We also looked at many homes from 80-120 years old, all had large pantries.  I don’t think it was because our prior generations were survivalists, no rather it was simply that they literally did know where their bread was buttered. Today we examine the how, what and why of food storage.  We dig into why it isn’t really something for “survivalists” but for anyone who simply values money, convenience and their current life style. Join Me Today to Discuss… Why we store food You know you are going to need it It can help you save money Convenience Insurance of your lifestyle To help others Yes for the worst of times as well What we store What we eat What stores well What we can make storable Things that store well and prepare well in volume Holistic Food Storage “The Rules” Rule One – Eat what you store, store what you eat Rule Two – Take advantage of opportunity buys Rule Three – Find local sources of food and partake of them Rule Four – Use commercially prepared long term storables as extenders Rule Five – Become a producer of food and/or storables Rule Six –  Seek a Holistic Solution How storing food empowers you to live a better life Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1613 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward JM Bullion – (sponsor of the day) The Berkey Guy – (sponsor of the day) Survival Tenet #5 My Videos on Biltong Part 1 and Part 2 My Video on the Vaccucanner Website for the Vaccucanner DIY Make Your Own Vaccucanner Electric Canner We Use Bob Wells Plant of the Week – Lapins Cherry – Highly adaptable zone 5 to zone 9.  This cherry is one of the few truly self-fertile options, making it ideal for small back yard growers with limited space. Additionally it only requires 400-500 chilling hours. It is also one of the few cherry trees that can be planted in full sun, even in zone 9 and handle the extreme summer heat in the south, yet cold hardy enough to handle the extreme cold in zone 5. Bob Wells specializes in edible landscape, including: Fruit Trees, Berry Plants, Vine Fruit, Nut Trees, as well as the hard to find Specialty Fruit Trees. Find this plant and more at BobWellsNursery.com Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council you can address your calls to. If you do this you should email me right after your call at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with expert council call in the subject line. In the body of your email tell me that you just called in a question for the council and what number you called in from. I will then give the call priority when I screen calls. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetJoin Me Today as I Answer Your eMails Today on the Survival Podcast I take your emails on TSP’s future, our youth, automation, minimum wage and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program though so keep em coming. Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Emails On An update on Scout’s passing and how you can help his family An update from Jack on TSP’s future and current direction College student blows 90K inheritance and blames her parents for it More on automation, next up, bank tellers – why this one will lag in my view An “unexpected consequence” of Seattle’s 15 dollar and hour minimum wage Final thoughts on our direction as a society Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1612 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward Fortress Defense Consultants – (sponsor of the day) Ready Made Resources – (sponsor of the day) 22 Year Old College Girl Blows 90K Blames Her Parents Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council you can address your calls to. If you do this you should email me right after your call at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with expert council call in the subject line. In the body of your email tell me that you just called in a question for the council and what number you called in from. I will then give the call priority when I screen calls. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetGet Answers Today From The Expert Council Today is Friday so it is time for our ask expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line. In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third provide any and all details after that. This is the formula to give you the best chance of getting on the air. I do what I can to get as many of your questions as possible on the air but can’t always get to all of them. Our council is made of a wide variety of experts in everything from the tactical to the practical and everything in between. To get more information on our Expert Council visit our “Meet the Expert Council Page” to learn more about them and their specific areas of expertise. Join Me Today As Our Experts Discuss Jack on the Iran deal, what the TV will never tell you Jack on crypto currency security – why cash/checks/banks can’t compete Michael Jordan on a tree full of bees, hive not a swarm, what to do Steven Harris on charging battery banks from a car Darby Simpson on the first two years as a new farmer Paul Wheaton on the progress of Wheaton Labs John Pugliano on silver prices Gary Collins on legumes and gut flora Erica Strauss on lacto fermentation and more Geoff Lawton on equipment for remote community establishment Tim Glance on LMTV and FMTV trucks Nick Ferguson on cedar apple rust Keith Snow on cookin giblets – um yum or ick, you decide Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1611 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom GenForward.com TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com Sawtooth Tactical – (sponsor of the day) Bulk Ammo – (sponsor of the day) Websites of the Expert Council Members ITS Tactical Harvest Eating Old Grouch Military Surplus Steven1234.com Permaculture Classroom A Bee Friendly Company Investable Wealth NW Edible Permies.com Primal Power GeoffLawton.com DarbySimpson.com Whole Systems Design Additional Links Provided by the Council PermaEthos Livestock Management Course with Darby Simpson Gold vs. China’s GDP – Provided by John Pugliano Article on Gut Bacteria Gary Commented On Fermented Pickles – From Erica Strauss Low Temp Pasteurization – From Erica Strauss Mildly famous DIY reCAP Fermentation Mason Jar Thingie – From Erica Strauss Permaethos Plant Propagation Course Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetGet a Copy of Toby’s New Book on Amazon Toby Hemenway is the author of Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, which was awarded the Nautilus Gold Medal in 2011, was named by the Washington Post as one of the ten best gardening books of 2010, and for the last eight years has been the best-selling permaculture book in the world. Toby has been an adjunct professor at Portland State University, Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University, and has taught over sixty 72-hour permaculture design courses. He has presented lectures and workshops at major sustainability conferences such as Bioneers, SolFest, and EcoFarm, and at Duke University, Tufts University, University of Minnesota, University of Delaware and many other educational venues. His writing has appeared in magazines such as Natural Home, Whole Earth Review, and American Gardener. He has contributed book chapters for WorldWatch Institute and to several publications on ecological design. After obtaining a degree in biology from Tufts University, Toby worked for many years as a researcher in genetics and immunology, first in academic laboratories including Harvard and the University of Washington in Seattle, and then at Immunex, a major medical biotech company. At about the time he was growing dissatisfied with the direction biotechnology was taking, he discovered permaculture, a design approach based on ecological principles that creates sustainable landscapes, homes, and workplaces. A career change followed, and Toby and his wife, Kiel (key-ell), spent ten years creating a rural permaculture site in southern Oregon. He was the editor of Permaculture Activist, a journal of ecological design and sustainable culture, from 1999 to 2004. He moved to Portland, Oregon in 2004, and spent six years developing urban sustainability resources there. Toby and his wife now live in Sebastopol, California. Today he comes back to TSP to discuss  urban permaculture, and his new book, “The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience” We will be talking about food, energy, water, shelter, building community, creating livelihoods, and how to use permaculture thinking to arrive at solutions for the challenges of life in towns and cities. Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1610 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward The Duck Chronicles – Video Series Safecastle Royal – (sponsor of the day) Knife Kits – (sponsor of the day) Toby’s Links Pattern Literacy – Toby’s Website The Permaculture City Gaia’s Garden Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

TweetPhil Williams is a permaculture consultant, designer, and author. He spent a decade in the landscape industry. After selling his business in 2007, he trained as a home energy auditor and building analyst. He began organic gardening in 2008, before learning about permaculture in 2010. He’s since taken two PDC’s, and built a demonstration site in central PA where he’s installed 4 ponds, a gray water system, 1500 trees and shrubs, 2000 linear foot of swales, 80 linear feet of hugelkultur, and an apiary. Currently, he consults on local and remote projects as well as the business side of permaculture contracting. He Joins Us Today To Discuss… Getting a project started right The limits of observation on a client site The important details that need gathering that are often overlooked The actual production of design documentation The limits and value of “artistic ability” as a designer Taking the design though to installation Sourcing labor and remaining profitable Weighing out hiring out labor vs. self provided client labor Sourcing difficult to get or seasonal materials Timing installations and plantings properly The biggest challenges as a consultant and installer Developing maintenance business, niche industries and more Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1609 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward The Duck Chronicles – Video Series Backwoods Home – (sponsor of the day) Harvest Eating – (sponsor of the day) FoodProduction101.com Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.  

TweetThis Applies to Many Things Today Hold on boys and girls multiple recessions are on the way.  Multiple, yep, Canada is in Recession due to the “oil slump”, China is headed into recession as we speak, China’s recession will put Australia into recession and Greece and Spain will likely soon cascade all of Europe into one as well. I can hear you now, quoting Ron White, “Close, I thought he was talking about me there for a second“. Well, sorry to break the news to you guys but if you think Canada, Australia, the EU and China can all have recessions and not have a US recession to go with it, it ain’t going to happen. Want more bad news, officially the recession of 08-09 ended in late 09, or 6 years ago, well, typically we never make it 10 years in the best of times with out at least a minor recession.  The questions at this point are not is a recession coming and will it effect us, they are when will it get here and how badly will it effect us. Sadly, I don’t know, if I did I would make a few million with hedge bets and not care.  I would even tell you guys how and when to cash in too.  There may be some money to be made but I will leave advice on that to John Pugliano, what I can tell you is personally right now I am moving more and more to a conservative and cash heavy position. The big question for most preppers is, “Is this the big one”.  My gut is no.  Keep in mind I said “the big one would be after after a false recovery, a marked drop in unemployment and likely to occur in late 2015 to mid 2016″, as long ago as 2009 when many were claiming that recession was “the big one”.  So why do I now disagree with myself, tune in today to find out, and to find out why not the big one, doesn’t really mean, “not so bad”. Tune in Today to Hear… Today’s show is about my instincts not charts and what economists say What usually happens in a run up to an election after two terms When stocks die, commodities fly and vise verse China’s coming recession will suck likely not as bad as predicted No good crisis will go to waste, more regulations coming Private institutions will ramp up capital controls, no need for the government to do it The trap has been set but we are still seen as dairy vs. beef cattle Because this will be global no one can afford to not keep playing the game Susie Orman will likely say something during this like, “well you will be working till your 75″ Immigration touted as saving the day by the time it seems to recover There has been no recovery, there will be no recovery, this is the long slow economic black hole Will they hit the “big red button”, I don’t think so, but who knows Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1608 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward JM Bullion – (sponsor of the day) Western Botanicals – (sponsor of the day) Bob Wells Plant of the Week – LI JUJUBE TREE – this plant is adaptable from zone 5 to zone 9. Also called the Chinese date. It is a round shaped fruit, reddish brown, dry and wrinkled, sweet and chewy (like dates) when fully ripe in early fall. It is attractive, easy to grow tree: hardy, drought resistant, virtually pest and disease free. It is self-fertile, but if you want to boost production, plant a Lang Jujube along with it. Bob Wells Nursery specializes in edible landscape plants and trees including: Fruit Trees, Berry Plants, Vine Fruit, Nut Trees, as well as the hard to find Specialty Trees. Find this plant and more at BobWellsNursery.com Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yo[...]

TweetJoin Me Today as I Answer Your eMails Today on the Survival Podcast I take your emails on the loss of a great man, comfrey, biltong, hugulkulture, ducks, zoning  and more. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program though so keep em coming. Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Emails On A tribute to Michael Adam “Scout” from Appleseed A listener tell us of great results from comfrey What type of salt to use when making biltong Can you use _____ for hugulkulture – it is almost always a yes Thoughts on “back yard” muscovies Seattle considers removing “single family zoning” what that is all about Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade The Year 1607 Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear PermaEthos.com AgriTrue.com GenForward Fortress Defense Consultants – (sponsor of the day) The Berkey Guy – (sponsor of the day) Battle Road USA with Michale Adam’s (Scout’s) Bio The Rifleman Radio Show Scout’s Last Appearance on TSP – Episode – 975 My Videos on Making Biltong – Part 1 – Part 2 Seattle Removes Single Family Zoning Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air. Also remember we have an expert council you can address your calls to. If you do this you should email me right after your call at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with expert council call in the subject line. In the body of your email tell me that you just called in a question for the council and what number you called in from. I will then give the call priority when I screen calls. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.